"How will you use backward design in your lesson plans?"

I think this way of creating units helps to eliminate the "cutsie-wootsie" stuff that educators add to learning. I think of it as the Disneyesk stuff. By focusing on the outcomes - what we want students to know, and be able to do, - we can create more meaningful activities that focus on the learning outcomes.

Also, by focusing on the outcomes for learning, as opposed to the stuff to get there, we allow for a more inquiry approach to learning. It's about the learning, and how we get there can be more fluid and flexible when our focus is not on the gadgets but on the deeper understanding of the topic. As long as the tools lead us to the content standards and objectives, educators can be more open to the paths students choose for learning and creating learning from the students' questions and ideas makes it more meaningful for them.